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iff 2 C45 Complete and accurate News 1 r EW Editorial FIRST THINGS FIRST VOLUME 64 OBERLIN OHIO FRIDAY APRIL 22 1927 NUMBER 01 ii i Library The World jutsiae By Henry M Masuda Debating on Prohibition Whatever ODerim stuuenis may think of debuting It seems an assured fttCt thut this form of public speaking is becoming more and more popular throughout the United States East ern colleges report a reviving interest in debuting while great crowdsattend the debates at which men like Borah and Clnrence Darrow speak a 8tKtiel to the last debate In hlcli Senator Borah contested with President Butler of Columbia on Pro ilbition Clarence Darrow will debate on te siune duujcti nun 1 Wheeler this Saturday Japanese Cabinet Resign When the Privy Council rejected the Governments plan to support the Tuiwau Hunk witli advances approx imating 1000X000 PremierWakatsukis Cabinet resigned last Sunday afternoon The Taiwan Bunk needs these funds to take the fhee of losses Incurred from the failure of peat Toklo earthquake four years ajo Barnn Tanaka of theSeiuyW party is the new premier New Yugoslavian Cabinet Less than twentyfour hours after the resignation of the Uzounovltch Cabinet a new coalition Including all parlies except the Raditeh Cro atlans was formed by M Voukltelie itch former minister of Education Russian Disturbances Press dispatches from tlie neigh boring state of IUimunia say that a large number of Itussian refugees have appeared on the Bessarubian rder as a consequence of uprisings In southern Russia It Is sjtid that hen the Soviet authorities called up 11 contingents the citizens re fused to present themselves many hiding in cellars and forests or leaving the country Matagalpa Become Neutral Tliis may be stale news to the ifllglity American public opinion but it may Interest a few to realize that all this excitement about Nica ragua has really done little good nd that Admiral Latimer continues fto interfere and create neutral zones as important areas become liable o attack from the Liberals The lew urea is Matagalpa Nicaraguas ichest inland city Yales New Drive The endowment drive for 20000 PO to he conducted by the Yale flunini Is unique in that differing rom those of the other large uni versities the present funds will J1 used for the nurnoses of nure Plication without th nsiiiil nnnro Fhitlons for athletic advancement accoVanzetti Case The addition of several new names the list sponsoring the retrial f Sacco and Vanzettl has revived uch interest in this case Five Portant men In Massachusetts Male affairs have combined to sign 1 petition asking Governor Fuller to sppolnt a committee to Investigate e whole case before th death entence Is carried oui on these The petitioners Include F W aussig the noted economist and iishcp Wiliiun Lawrence of the Epls Fpal Iiiocese of MassachusettsForiler Premier Macdonald declared at the SaccoVanzetti affair was a urly internal matter and that no utsidei has any business to express y Pinion f resident of Gnwi Rnn President Kondourlotis of Greece ls handed in his roKifmntlnn to enier Kondvlls who was able to prsuade hiin to carry on provislon f J Since tllPro Im vrava iliincer r a i lroue If this sudden change was f Hon Is RWen as 111 health although i observers think that thePresIent became dlscnnrnmwi over the pwnmenfs inability to carry out rwa legislation h I m ntu i wonjr vl uiiuiiruia llioicu students among the leading 20 annual international essay of the Saddle and Sirloin Of ChlfMlffA arltt 1 afatM Cne Canadian province taking in TRUSTEES VOTE FOR REOPENING OF PARK HOTEL DINNING ROOM Find That Number of GuestsDecreated When Meal Service wa Discontinued TO SPEND 5000 ON REPAIRS Painting Papering Electrical and Plumbing Work Planned Hope to be Ready by June Since the closing of the Park Hotel dining room by the college reduced the number of transients and consequently did not have the desired effect of eliminating the monthly deficit the trustees at their regular meeting in April ordered the reopenjng of the dining room and decided thut the sum of about 5000 be appropriated for the remodeling of the hotel A committee consisting of Mssrs Doren E Lyon F W Bohn Hiram 11 Thurston and Frank W Tobin was appointed to Investigate thematter A building expert was called in but as his report has not as yet been received the college can not make a definite statement concerning the Improvements to be made It is understood however that some repainting and repaperlng of the rooms Is to be done and new electric and plumbing fixtures to be added Also several more rooms are to be equipped with bathroom accommodations The college has set no definite date for the reopening of the dining room but they hope that enoughimprovements will be completed so that it may be ready for use bycommencement OLMSTEAD READS PAPER AT SECRETARIES MEET Visits Alumni Groups en Route to Convention at Chapel Hill North Carolina John G Olmstead AlumniSecretary left today for Chapel Hill North Carolina where he is to deliver a paper before the annual meeting of the Association of AlumniSecretaries He will also attend meetings of The Alumni Magazines Associated and of Alumni Funds Incorporated These meetings are being held at the University of North Carolina Mr Olmstead will meet with anumber of alumni groups on his way to and from North Carolina Among them are groups from DaytonSpringfield and Cincinnati of Ohio Korea Kentucky Washington D C and Baltimore Md GIVES PLAY AT STURGES Dramatic Association PresentsProceeds to Night School The Dramatic Associationpresented the one act play The Wrong Number at Sturges Hall Monday night for the benefit of the Oberlin Night School according to its annual custom Tue proceeds will be used to take elderly people to and from the night school ALUMNA RECEIVES HONOR Ruth Savage 23 Elected toEducational Sorority Miss ltuth Savage 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs C W Savage has been elected to the liho Chapter of the national educational sorority Il Lambda Theta at New TorkUniversity where she is a student She was elected to the sorority because of her excellence inscholarship and capacity fur leadership JOSEPH HUNGATE WILL GIVE SENIOR RECITAL ON TUESDAY Joseph Hnngate of the Class oi 27 Conservatory assisted by the Conservatory Orchestra will give a piano recital Tuesday April 26 In Warner ball Hungates program will Include Fantaisle Op 49 Chopin Etude Op 25 No 11Study in Double Notes Rosenthal Ballade In F minor Concerto in E flat Chopin Chopln Chopin LI set PORFESSOR MOREY WILL LECTURE AT ART MEETING Head of Art Department at Princeton Will Talk on Academic Point of View Irofessor Charles R Morey who gives the next public lecture In the Oberlin Art Association course on Friday evening at 815 Is according to Irofessor Clarence Ward one of the most distinguished scholars In the field of fine arts Mr Morey is chairman of theDepartment of Fine Arts at Princeton University author of numerous books and articles dealing with the history of art and Is a worldacknowledged authority In the mediaeval field The subject of his lecture Is the Academic Point of View and the lecture will be held In the large gallery of the Art building The public Is cordially invited to join the Oberlin Art Association or to attend the individual lectures nnd exhibitions SOCIOLOGIST WILL OFFER SCIENTIFIC COURSE HERE Professor E L Clark of theUniversity of Minnesota Plans to Give new Study DAILY CARRIES DISCUSSION Minneapolis Student Paper Tells of Experiment in Introductory Classes to be Tried Scientific study of the social sciences will be the basis of a new course to be taught here next year by Professor E L Clark at present assistant professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota Adiscussion of this innovation appeared in a recent number of the Minnesota Daily as follows A course probably the first of its kind in the United States to be known as Scientific Method In the Social Sciences will be established next year by Edwin L Clark present assistant professor of sociology here ac uoernn conege uoernn unio where he will be an Instructor ii t r r ir H Jl teOL 111 Vlill J Ol Mils on a book which will be published in the fall to be used in the course The book will take up thoroughly such things as bias prejudice faulty hypothesis poor observation had testimony bad propaganda dishonest propaganda and logic The establishment of this course at Minnesota has been considered for some years but the absence of Mr Clark who was Its chief exponent may cause the idea to be dropped For the past seven years during which the book has been underconstant rewriting and revision Mr Clark has taught to his classes a course entitled Conflict A few copies of the book were typewritten und placed in the library for use of these classes As It was Mr Clarks plan to develop the book through practical experimentation these copies were only tentative and have been withdrawn from the library I think a course of this kind Mr Clark stated is of more value than any sociology course which we now have in the educationalsystem It is not of such a greatnecessity to know facts as it Is to know how to get at these facts Course Should be Introductory My plan In regard to this course would be to Institute it asintroductory to any other course in the social sciences If the student then desired he could go on with the course In Conflict The desirability of establishing such a course In schools of secondary education was expressed by Mr Clark In grades as far down as the ninth formnl Instruction could be given he believes and much farther down probably the third and fourth grades students could receive informal In struction It would be of great benefit and highly desirable If schools other than colleges and universities are toreteachers colleges adopt courses of this kind Mr Clark said CONNA BELL AND ELIZABETH YEEND ATTEND CONFERENCE Oonna Bell 28 and Elizabeth Teend 28 have gone to Cornell University to attend a meeting of the Athletic Conference ofAmerlcan College Women This will be a national conference and will be held April 21 22 and 23 DOUGLASS MEMORIAL CHORUS WILL APPEAR HERE NEXT THURSDAY To Give Concert April 28 In Warner Hall Under Direction of Morrison REVIEWED BY DICKINSON Program of Religious Music German Chorales Negro SpiritualsDiscussed by Conservatory Professor The Douglass Memorial Chorus will present Its annual concert in Warner hall Thursday April 28under the direction of Mr DonMorrison The soloists will be MissWilholmiiiiu Patterson soprano of the Hampton Institute BenjaminSanders tenor of the Brewer Normal School Greenwood S C MissCarrie Mae Booker accompanist The program of the eveningfollows Part I Messianic Cycle From The Bach Chorale Book Advent D Major J Campanus 1012 Ye Heavns O haste your dews to shed Ye clouds raingladness on our head Christiuastlde E Major Anon c 1370 Hail Jesu Christ Blessed for aye Born for man true man today Lent A minor M Luther 1524 Out of the depths I cry to Thee Lord hear me I Implore Thee Passiontide F minor J Hist 1011 O darkest woe Ye tears forth flow Has Earth so sad a wonder Eastertide E flat Major C F Gellert 1757 Jesus lives thysorrows now Can no more O Death appal nie Ascension A major EtlichChristlicli Leider 1524 The Lordascendeth up on high Loud anthems round Him swelling Whitsuntide C minor PGerhardt 1053 Come enter Thine own portal My Heart Is Thy Domain Chorus Gently Lord O Gently Lead Us Dett sopano Ml8g Patterson qq part j Spirituals arranged by JRosamond Johnson By an By Up on da Mountain Stan Still Jordan Mr Sanders Spirituals Im So Glad Trouble Dont Last Ahvay Dett Miss Deb I nam Miss Temple Miss Booker Spirituals arranged by William L Dawson My Lord What aMourning I Couldnt Hear Nobody Pray Miss Patterson Miss Terry Miss Baker Miss Booker Mr Montague Mr Gould Mr Barnes Mr Mainor Spirituals arranged by Mr Carl Diton Evry Time I Feel the Spjrit At the Beautiful Gate King Jesus is a Listening arr by William L Dawson Chorus Chariot Jubilee Dett tenor solo Mr Sanders Chorus Of the concert Professor Tdward Continued on Page 2 CONNA BELL 28 MADE NEW W A A PRESIDENT Will be Assisted by Louise Williams 29 VicePresident and Magda von Wenck 30 Secretary Conna Bell 28 was chosenpresident of the Womens AthleticAssociation at the election held last week Louise Williams 29 was selected vicepresident and Magda von Wenck 30 was made secretary Bulletins Junior Prom Tickets Tickets for the Junior prom will be on sale for the last time Saturday morning Spring Sports Tickets The ticket for spring sportsIncludes no coupon for the OhioNorthern track meet or for the Heidelberg tennis match This does not mean that It will be necessary to purchase separate tickets for those events Admittance will be made uponshowing the entire ticket Y Me Ca A Prof R A Jelllffe will give a talk on Speed at the T M a A meeting Sunday 24 at 615 p m In the Hens Building 1927 ELECTIONS TO PHI BETTA KAPPA ARE MADE PUBLIC TODA Y FRESHMAN COMMISSION TO LEAD Y W SUNDAY Will Feature Harp Vocal Piano Solos and Talks on God of Open Air The Freshman Commission and Freshman Forum will have charge of the Y W C A meeting Sunday evening at 615 In Warner Hall The program will consist of several short talks on God of the Open Air and special hary vocal and piano solos by freshmen The program is as follows Musical Prelude Betty Hill Reading Kathryn Hopwood Piano solo Mary Lou Austin Mountains Margrieta Livingston Spring Kathleen Beard Vocal solo Mary Grant Evenings and Sunsets Elizabeth Deemer Hary solo Marjorie Estabrook Prayer MUSICAL UNION ORATORIO WILL BE GIVEN MAY 24TH Presentation of The Dream ofGerontius Is Postponed Because of Metropolitan Opera FORMERLY SET FOR 7th Change of Date Forces Cancellation of Contract for Accompaniment With Cleveland Orchestra Because of conflict with theMetropolitan Opera Company which Is playing In Cleveland from May 2 to 7 the Musical Union haspostponed its presentation of the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius from May 7 to May 24 It was thought that the Metropolitan Opera would offer too much competition on the earlier date This postponement has made It necessary to cancel the engagement with the Cleveland SymphonyOrchestra which was to have played the accompaniment since the Orchestra will disband on May 7 and will not be available later It was notpossible to obtain a contract for an earlier date According to the present plan Mr Bruce H Davis will play the organ accompaniment Although the Inability to engage the orchestra is recognized as a loss the organ accom paniment will allow the finer and more delicate qualities of the voices of the soloists to stand out As has been announced previously the soloists will be Lila Robeson of Cleveland Lambert Murphy of Xew York and Barre Hill ofMichigan Both Miss Robeson and Mr Murphy are Metropolitan stars and Mr Hill Is prominent in musical circles DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT PLAY IN ELYRIA Will be Given April 30 and Again at Lorain May 3 in Returnengagement The Dramatic Association willpresent three oneact plays in Elyria ou April 30 under the auspices of the Federated Clubs It will also give three oneact plays in Lorain on May 3 for a return engagement by request as the result of playing there last year LUELLA WILSON GIVES ORGAN RECITAL IN FINNEY CHAPEL An organ recital was given by Miss Luella A Kepler Wilson of the Class of 27 Conservatory last evening In Finney chappel Miss Wilsons program was asfollows Toccata and Fugue In D minor Bach Scherzo from Fifth Symphony Vlerne Walhall Scene from DeeRhelngold WagnerLemare Vesper Hour H A Miller Andante Misterloso H A Miller Symphony No 1 Op 18 Barnes Prelude Scherzo Andante Toccata New Members of National Society Are Chosen at Meeting Held Last Night PRESIDENT KING READS LIST Five Juniors and 34 Seniors included in Roll as Announced in Chapel The local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa met last night to elect new members from the junior and senior classes The complete list as read in chapel today by President King is asfollows All of the names both In the Junior and Senior lists arearranged alphabetically From the Junior class five persons were chosen Only students who have had all their work at Oberlin were considered The list Is asfollows Robert Pierce Beaver Elizabeth May Heskett Emily Ann Jones Henrietta Sherman Monroe Elizabeth Harvey Zorbaugh From the Senior class theoneeighth of the class ranking highest is chosen Seniors who have not taken all their course In Oberlin are required to maintain adistinctly higher grade than those who have had all four years here The list of names is as follows Violet May Andrews Esther Lucile Bruggemeler Catherine Robbing Chase Jacob dayman Louise Crafton Helen Mary Defenbacher Adelaide Louise Dixon Mark Williams Eccles William Custer Eichelberger Alice Catherine Ferguson Dorothea Foster French Frederick Alexis Funkhouser Martin Lawrence Grant Hester G rover Dorothy Hall Doris Janet Hassler Edna Louise Holly Alfred Lawton Jackson Marcele Rocene Kortier Mary Carol LeRoy Robert Alan Lees Lester Duncan Longman Marie Louise Luck Alice Day Monroe Jean Gertrude Roethe Clinton William Root Ruth Button Schlenker Edward Derbyshire Seeber i Margaret Elizabeth Snyder Chastlna Dorothy Sprout Bergen Sheffield Stelle John Van Sturtevant J Mary Louise Wason Ann Elizabeth Woodruff DOROTHY SHAEFER WILL 1 HEAD SHAFT NEXT YEAR Succeeds Eckels as EditorlnChlef Robert Connor Chosen Business Manager At a meeting of the StudentCouncil held last night Dorothy GSheafer was elected editorinchief of the Shaft for the coming year and Robert M Connor was chosen business manager PHI KAPPA PI TRYOUTS WILL BE HELD MONDAY Applications for Membership InLiterary Society RequireThreeMinute Prepared Speech Regular spring tryouts formembership In Phi Kappa Pi Literary Society will be held next Monday April 25 at 715 p m In the society rooms r I Any student who is Interested Is urged to band his name to John Wieland 29 chairman of themembership committee or to any member of the Society The applicant Isrequired to give a threeminuteprepared speech on any subject of his own choosing The purpose of the society Is to promote the art of selfexpression In all fields and Is accomplished through speaking and writing tj it t i

iff 2 C45 Complete and accurate News 1 r EW Editorial FIRST THINGS FIRST VOLUME 64 OBERLIN OHIO FRIDAY APRIL 22 1927 NUMBER 01 ii i Library The World jutsiae By Henry M Masuda Debating on Prohibition Whatever ODerim stuuenis may think of debuting It seems an assured fttCt thut this form of public speaking is becoming more and more popular throughout the United States East ern colleges report a reviving interest in debuting while great crowdsattend the debates at which men like Borah and Clnrence Darrow speak a 8tKtiel to the last debate In hlcli Senator Borah contested with President Butler of Columbia on Pro ilbition Clarence Darrow will debate on te siune duujcti nun 1 Wheeler this Saturday Japanese Cabinet Resign When the Privy Council rejected the Governments plan to support the Tuiwau Hunk witli advances approx imating 1000X000 PremierWakatsukis Cabinet resigned last Sunday afternoon The Taiwan Bunk needs these funds to take the fhee of losses Incurred from the failure of peat Toklo earthquake four years ajo Barnn Tanaka of theSeiuyW party is the new premier New Yugoslavian Cabinet Less than twentyfour hours after the resignation of the Uzounovltch Cabinet a new coalition Including all parlies except the Raditeh Cro atlans was formed by M Voukltelie itch former minister of Education Russian Disturbances Press dispatches from tlie neigh boring state of IUimunia say that a large number of Itussian refugees have appeared on the Bessarubian rder as a consequence of uprisings In southern Russia It Is sjtid that hen the Soviet authorities called up 11 contingents the citizens re fused to present themselves many hiding in cellars and forests or leaving the country Matagalpa Become Neutral Tliis may be stale news to the ifllglity American public opinion but it may Interest a few to realize that all this excitement about Nica ragua has really done little good nd that Admiral Latimer continues fto interfere and create neutral zones as important areas become liable o attack from the Liberals The lew urea is Matagalpa Nicaraguas ichest inland city Yales New Drive The endowment drive for 20000 PO to he conducted by the Yale flunini Is unique in that differing rom those of the other large uni versities the present funds will J1 used for the nurnoses of nure Plication without th nsiiiil nnnro Fhitlons for athletic advancement accoVanzetti Case The addition of several new names the list sponsoring the retrial f Sacco and Vanzettl has revived uch interest in this case Five Portant men In Massachusetts Male affairs have combined to sign 1 petition asking Governor Fuller to sppolnt a committee to Investigate e whole case before th death entence Is carried oui on these The petitioners Include F W aussig the noted economist and iishcp Wiliiun Lawrence of the Epls Fpal Iiiocese of MassachusettsForiler Premier Macdonald declared at the SaccoVanzetti affair was a urly internal matter and that no utsidei has any business to express y Pinion f resident of Gnwi Rnn President Kondourlotis of Greece ls handed in his roKifmntlnn to enier Kondvlls who was able to prsuade hiin to carry on provislon f J Since tllPro Im vrava iliincer r a i lroue If this sudden change was f Hon Is RWen as 111 health although i observers think that thePresIent became dlscnnrnmwi over the pwnmenfs inability to carry out rwa legislation h I m ntu i wonjr vl uiiuiiruia llioicu students among the leading 20 annual international essay of the Saddle and Sirloin Of ChlfMlffA arltt 1 afatM Cne Canadian province taking in TRUSTEES VOTE FOR REOPENING OF PARK HOTEL DINNING ROOM Find That Number of GuestsDecreated When Meal Service wa Discontinued TO SPEND 5000 ON REPAIRS Painting Papering Electrical and Plumbing Work Planned Hope to be Ready by June Since the closing of the Park Hotel dining room by the college reduced the number of transients and consequently did not have the desired effect of eliminating the monthly deficit the trustees at their regular meeting in April ordered the reopenjng of the dining room and decided thut the sum of about 5000 be appropriated for the remodeling of the hotel A committee consisting of Mssrs Doren E Lyon F W Bohn Hiram 11 Thurston and Frank W Tobin was appointed to Investigate thematter A building expert was called in but as his report has not as yet been received the college can not make a definite statement concerning the Improvements to be made It is understood however that some repainting and repaperlng of the rooms Is to be done and new electric and plumbing fixtures to be added Also several more rooms are to be equipped with bathroom accommodations The college has set no definite date for the reopening of the dining room but they hope that enoughimprovements will be completed so that it may be ready for use bycommencement OLMSTEAD READS PAPER AT SECRETARIES MEET Visits Alumni Groups en Route to Convention at Chapel Hill North Carolina John G Olmstead AlumniSecretary left today for Chapel Hill North Carolina where he is to deliver a paper before the annual meeting of the Association of AlumniSecretaries He will also attend meetings of The Alumni Magazines Associated and of Alumni Funds Incorporated These meetings are being held at the University of North Carolina Mr Olmstead will meet with anumber of alumni groups on his way to and from North Carolina Among them are groups from DaytonSpringfield and Cincinnati of Ohio Korea Kentucky Washington D C and Baltimore Md GIVES PLAY AT STURGES Dramatic Association PresentsProceeds to Night School The Dramatic Associationpresented the one act play The Wrong Number at Sturges Hall Monday night for the benefit of the Oberlin Night School according to its annual custom Tue proceeds will be used to take elderly people to and from the night school ALUMNA RECEIVES HONOR Ruth Savage 23 Elected toEducational Sorority Miss ltuth Savage 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs C W Savage has been elected to the liho Chapter of the national educational sorority Il Lambda Theta at New TorkUniversity where she is a student She was elected to the sorority because of her excellence inscholarship and capacity fur leadership JOSEPH HUNGATE WILL GIVE SENIOR RECITAL ON TUESDAY Joseph Hnngate of the Class oi 27 Conservatory assisted by the Conservatory Orchestra will give a piano recital Tuesday April 26 In Warner ball Hungates program will Include Fantaisle Op 49 Chopin Etude Op 25 No 11Study in Double Notes Rosenthal Ballade In F minor Concerto in E flat Chopin Chopln Chopin LI set PORFESSOR MOREY WILL LECTURE AT ART MEETING Head of Art Department at Princeton Will Talk on Academic Point of View Irofessor Charles R Morey who gives the next public lecture In the Oberlin Art Association course on Friday evening at 815 Is according to Irofessor Clarence Ward one of the most distinguished scholars In the field of fine arts Mr Morey is chairman of theDepartment of Fine Arts at Princeton University author of numerous books and articles dealing with the history of art and Is a worldacknowledged authority In the mediaeval field The subject of his lecture Is the Academic Point of View and the lecture will be held In the large gallery of the Art building The public Is cordially invited to join the Oberlin Art Association or to attend the individual lectures nnd exhibitions SOCIOLOGIST WILL OFFER SCIENTIFIC COURSE HERE Professor E L Clark of theUniversity of Minnesota Plans to Give new Study DAILY CARRIES DISCUSSION Minneapolis Student Paper Tells of Experiment in Introductory Classes to be Tried Scientific study of the social sciences will be the basis of a new course to be taught here next year by Professor E L Clark at present assistant professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota Adiscussion of this innovation appeared in a recent number of the Minnesota Daily as follows A course probably the first of its kind in the United States to be known as Scientific Method In the Social Sciences will be established next year by Edwin L Clark present assistant professor of sociology here ac uoernn conege uoernn unio where he will be an Instructor ii t r r ir H Jl teOL 111 Vlill J Ol Mils on a book which will be published in the fall to be used in the course The book will take up thoroughly such things as bias prejudice faulty hypothesis poor observation had testimony bad propaganda dishonest propaganda and logic The establishment of this course at Minnesota has been considered for some years but the absence of Mr Clark who was Its chief exponent may cause the idea to be dropped For the past seven years during which the book has been underconstant rewriting and revision Mr Clark has taught to his classes a course entitled Conflict A few copies of the book were typewritten und placed in the library for use of these classes As It was Mr Clarks plan to develop the book through practical experimentation these copies were only tentative and have been withdrawn from the library I think a course of this kind Mr Clark stated is of more value than any sociology course which we now have in the educationalsystem It is not of such a greatnecessity to know facts as it Is to know how to get at these facts Course Should be Introductory My plan In regard to this course would be to Institute it asintroductory to any other course in the social sciences If the student then desired he could go on with the course In Conflict The desirability of establishing such a course In schools of secondary education was expressed by Mr Clark In grades as far down as the ninth formnl Instruction could be given he believes and much farther down probably the third and fourth grades students could receive informal In struction It would be of great benefit and highly desirable If schools other than colleges and universities are toreteachers colleges adopt courses of this kind Mr Clark said CONNA BELL AND ELIZABETH YEEND ATTEND CONFERENCE Oonna Bell 28 and Elizabeth Teend 28 have gone to Cornell University to attend a meeting of the Athletic Conference ofAmerlcan College Women This will be a national conference and will be held April 21 22 and 23 DOUGLASS MEMORIAL CHORUS WILL APPEAR HERE NEXT THURSDAY To Give Concert April 28 In Warner Hall Under Direction of Morrison REVIEWED BY DICKINSON Program of Religious Music German Chorales Negro SpiritualsDiscussed by Conservatory Professor The Douglass Memorial Chorus will present Its annual concert in Warner hall Thursday April 28under the direction of Mr DonMorrison The soloists will be MissWilholmiiiiu Patterson soprano of the Hampton Institute BenjaminSanders tenor of the Brewer Normal School Greenwood S C MissCarrie Mae Booker accompanist The program of the eveningfollows Part I Messianic Cycle From The Bach Chorale Book Advent D Major J Campanus 1012 Ye Heavns O haste your dews to shed Ye clouds raingladness on our head Christiuastlde E Major Anon c 1370 Hail Jesu Christ Blessed for aye Born for man true man today Lent A minor M Luther 1524 Out of the depths I cry to Thee Lord hear me I Implore Thee Passiontide F minor J Hist 1011 O darkest woe Ye tears forth flow Has Earth so sad a wonder Eastertide E flat Major C F Gellert 1757 Jesus lives thysorrows now Can no more O Death appal nie Ascension A major EtlichChristlicli Leider 1524 The Lordascendeth up on high Loud anthems round Him swelling Whitsuntide C minor PGerhardt 1053 Come enter Thine own portal My Heart Is Thy Domain Chorus Gently Lord O Gently Lead Us Dett sopano Ml8g Patterson qq part j Spirituals arranged by JRosamond Johnson By an By Up on da Mountain Stan Still Jordan Mr Sanders Spirituals Im So Glad Trouble Dont Last Ahvay Dett Miss Deb I nam Miss Temple Miss Booker Spirituals arranged by William L Dawson My Lord What aMourning I Couldnt Hear Nobody Pray Miss Patterson Miss Terry Miss Baker Miss Booker Mr Montague Mr Gould Mr Barnes Mr Mainor Spirituals arranged by Mr Carl Diton Evry Time I Feel the Spjrit At the Beautiful Gate King Jesus is a Listening arr by William L Dawson Chorus Chariot Jubilee Dett tenor solo Mr Sanders Chorus Of the concert Professor Tdward Continued on Page 2 CONNA BELL 28 MADE NEW W A A PRESIDENT Will be Assisted by Louise Williams 29 VicePresident and Magda von Wenck 30 Secretary Conna Bell 28 was chosenpresident of the Womens AthleticAssociation at the election held last week Louise Williams 29 was selected vicepresident and Magda von Wenck 30 was made secretary Bulletins Junior Prom Tickets Tickets for the Junior prom will be on sale for the last time Saturday morning Spring Sports Tickets The ticket for spring sportsIncludes no coupon for the OhioNorthern track meet or for the Heidelberg tennis match This does not mean that It will be necessary to purchase separate tickets for those events Admittance will be made uponshowing the entire ticket Y Me Ca A Prof R A Jelllffe will give a talk on Speed at the T M a A meeting Sunday 24 at 615 p m In the Hens Building 1927 ELECTIONS TO PHI BETTA KAPPA ARE MADE PUBLIC TODA Y FRESHMAN COMMISSION TO LEAD Y W SUNDAY Will Feature Harp Vocal Piano Solos and Talks on God of Open Air The Freshman Commission and Freshman Forum will have charge of the Y W C A meeting Sunday evening at 615 In Warner Hall The program will consist of several short talks on God of the Open Air and special hary vocal and piano solos by freshmen The program is as follows Musical Prelude Betty Hill Reading Kathryn Hopwood Piano solo Mary Lou Austin Mountains Margrieta Livingston Spring Kathleen Beard Vocal solo Mary Grant Evenings and Sunsets Elizabeth Deemer Hary solo Marjorie Estabrook Prayer MUSICAL UNION ORATORIO WILL BE GIVEN MAY 24TH Presentation of The Dream ofGerontius Is Postponed Because of Metropolitan Opera FORMERLY SET FOR 7th Change of Date Forces Cancellation of Contract for Accompaniment With Cleveland Orchestra Because of conflict with theMetropolitan Opera Company which Is playing In Cleveland from May 2 to 7 the Musical Union haspostponed its presentation of the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius from May 7 to May 24 It was thought that the Metropolitan Opera would offer too much competition on the earlier date This postponement has made It necessary to cancel the engagement with the Cleveland SymphonyOrchestra which was to have played the accompaniment since the Orchestra will disband on May 7 and will not be available later It was notpossible to obtain a contract for an earlier date According to the present plan Mr Bruce H Davis will play the organ accompaniment Although the Inability to engage the orchestra is recognized as a loss the organ accom paniment will allow the finer and more delicate qualities of the voices of the soloists to stand out As has been announced previously the soloists will be Lila Robeson of Cleveland Lambert Murphy of Xew York and Barre Hill ofMichigan Both Miss Robeson and Mr Murphy are Metropolitan stars and Mr Hill Is prominent in musical circles DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT PLAY IN ELYRIA Will be Given April 30 and Again at Lorain May 3 in Returnengagement The Dramatic Association willpresent three oneact plays in Elyria ou April 30 under the auspices of the Federated Clubs It will also give three oneact plays in Lorain on May 3 for a return engagement by request as the result of playing there last year LUELLA WILSON GIVES ORGAN RECITAL IN FINNEY CHAPEL An organ recital was given by Miss Luella A Kepler Wilson of the Class of 27 Conservatory last evening In Finney chappel Miss Wilsons program was asfollows Toccata and Fugue In D minor Bach Scherzo from Fifth Symphony Vlerne Walhall Scene from DeeRhelngold WagnerLemare Vesper Hour H A Miller Andante Misterloso H A Miller Symphony No 1 Op 18 Barnes Prelude Scherzo Andante Toccata New Members of National Society Are Chosen at Meeting Held Last Night PRESIDENT KING READS LIST Five Juniors and 34 Seniors included in Roll as Announced in Chapel The local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa met last night to elect new members from the junior and senior classes The complete list as read in chapel today by President King is asfollows All of the names both In the Junior and Senior lists arearranged alphabetically From the Junior class five persons were chosen Only students who have had all their work at Oberlin were considered The list Is asfollows Robert Pierce Beaver Elizabeth May Heskett Emily Ann Jones Henrietta Sherman Monroe Elizabeth Harvey Zorbaugh From the Senior class theoneeighth of the class ranking highest is chosen Seniors who have not taken all their course In Oberlin are required to maintain adistinctly higher grade than those who have had all four years here The list of names is as follows Violet May Andrews Esther Lucile Bruggemeler Catherine Robbing Chase Jacob dayman Louise Crafton Helen Mary Defenbacher Adelaide Louise Dixon Mark Williams Eccles William Custer Eichelberger Alice Catherine Ferguson Dorothea Foster French Frederick Alexis Funkhouser Martin Lawrence Grant Hester G rover Dorothy Hall Doris Janet Hassler Edna Louise Holly Alfred Lawton Jackson Marcele Rocene Kortier Mary Carol LeRoy Robert Alan Lees Lester Duncan Longman Marie Louise Luck Alice Day Monroe Jean Gertrude Roethe Clinton William Root Ruth Button Schlenker Edward Derbyshire Seeber i Margaret Elizabeth Snyder Chastlna Dorothy Sprout Bergen Sheffield Stelle John Van Sturtevant J Mary Louise Wason Ann Elizabeth Woodruff DOROTHY SHAEFER WILL 1 HEAD SHAFT NEXT YEAR Succeeds Eckels as EditorlnChlef Robert Connor Chosen Business Manager At a meeting of the StudentCouncil held last night Dorothy GSheafer was elected editorinchief of the Shaft for the coming year and Robert M Connor was chosen business manager PHI KAPPA PI TRYOUTS WILL BE HELD MONDAY Applications for Membership InLiterary Society RequireThreeMinute Prepared Speech Regular spring tryouts formembership In Phi Kappa Pi Literary Society will be held next Monday April 25 at 715 p m In the society rooms r I Any student who is Interested Is urged to band his name to John Wieland 29 chairman of themembership committee or to any member of the Society The applicant Isrequired to give a threeminuteprepared speech on any subject of his own choosing The purpose of the society Is to promote the art of selfexpression In all fields and Is accomplished through speaking and writing tj it t i